Phoenix, AZ → San Antonio, TX
You'd keep $256 more a month in San Antonio
+$3,072 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | Phoenix | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,271 | −$313 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,709 | $1,457 | −$252 |
| Take-home pay | $5,875 | $5,814 | −$61 |
| Rent | $1,276 | $1,052 | −$224 |
| Getting around | $586 | $566 | −$20 |
| Groceries | $396 | $376 | −$20 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $423 | −$23 |
| Utilities | $248 | $235 | −$13 |
| Everything else | $347 | $329 | −$18 |
| Left over | $2,577 | $2,833 | +$256 |
To break even in San Antonio, you'd need to earn
$83,000
Household gross, versus $91,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Phoenix does now.
The tax difference alone
+$1,910
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
Phoenix, AZ in full
A 2.5% flat income tax, cheap housing for a big metro, and a genuinely dangerous July.
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Antonio on San Antonio wages.
San Antonio → Phoenix →Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.